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Update: Juror in Gretchen Whitmer kidnap case dismissed for flirting with defendant
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/15/juror-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-case-dismissed-flirting-defendant-michiganJuror in Gretchen Whitmer kidnap case dismissed for flirting with defendant
Associated Press in Jackson, Michigan
Sat 15 Oct 2022 12.15 EDT
A judge dismissed a young woman from the jury hearing the trial of three men in connection with a 2020 plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, after attorneys accused her of flirting with a defendant.
Judge Thomas Wilson announced on Friday that the woman had been removed from the jury, two days after attorneys raised concerns she was having too much non-verbal communication with the defendant Paul Bellar, the Jackson Citizen Patriot reported.
“It didn’t just happen on one day – it happened over multiple days,” Wilson said of the juror’s behavior. “I decided it’s safer to err on the side of caution.”
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